Ensure data security

With the databases of Mobile World Investment Corporation’s thegioididong.com The Gioi Di Dong, and Dien May Xanh, as well as Concung.com, and now FPTShop broken into, customers are getting seriously concerned about data safety at electronics retailers. The post that started it all, the data leak of Mobile World JSC Continuous leaks of personal information On November 10, the account named herasvn caused great commotion by uploading to RaidForums (raidforums.com) the personal information of about 2,300 members of Concung.com's marketing staffand even its management board, including their full name, ID card information, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, photos, and positions. The file cost about $10 to download. BKAV’s experts and Concung’s staff have confirmed that the company’s data was leaked and that the hacker is real. Three days later, the same account revealed that he has successfully penetrated FPTShop’s system and has the company’s … [Read more...] about Customer data under threat of being exposed

Illustrative image (Source: businessinsider.com) Can Tho (VNA) – A workshop took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 23 to discuss ways to ensure cyber security is maintained for governmental organisations. The event was co-held by the Authority of Information Security (AIS) and the municipal Department of Information and Communications to provide governmental agencies with guidelines on how to assess levels of information security, monitor threats, and find solutions to improve malware prevention and protect e-Government databases. According to Director of the Can Tho Department of Information and Communications Do Hoang Trung, the number of cases of malware penetrating computer systems and causing data destruction in Vietnam rose by 8 percent year-on-year during the first eight months of 2018. Most cities and provinces nationwide are building e-Government systems based on advances in information technology, said AIS Director Nguyen Thanh Hai. It brings many … [Read more...] about Governmental organisations seek methods to ensure cyber security

Wind turbines of Dam Nai power project in Ninh Hai and Thuan Bac districts in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan, slated to enter commercial production in the final quarter of 2018. - VNA/VNS Photo Nguyen Thanh Vietnam’s demand for energy rises by an average 9.5 per cent year-on-year in the last 15 years, reaching 13 per cent increase in 2006-11 and 11 per cent in 2011-16 period. According to Vietnam Energy Outlook 2017 report released last September, imported energy could account for 37.5 per cent of its total supplies in 2025 and more than half (58.5 per cent) in 2035. Vietnamese economy has transformed itself from an agrarian economy which relied primarily on traditional biomass fuels, to a modern mixed economy, one of the fastest growing ones in the world, resulting in rapid changes in the energy sector. According to the Electricity and Renewable Energy Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), oil, coal, natural gas, hydropower and non-commercial … [Read more...] about Challenges facing Vietnam in ensuring energy security

Viet Nam needs an enormous amount of energy to feed its development, but relying on coal and hydropower is not the answer, and with new measures still at an early stage, experts are concerned about the future. Viet Nam’s demand for energy rises by an average 9.5 per cent year-on-year in the last 15 years, reaching 13 per cent increase in 2006-11 and 11 per cent in 2011-16 period. According to Viet Nam Energy Outlook 2017 report released last September, imported energy could account for 37.5 per cent of its total supplies in 2025 and more than half (58.5 per cent) in 2035. Vietnamese economy has transformed itself from an agrarian economy which relied primarily on traditional biomass fuels, to a modern mixed economy, one of the fastest growing ones in the world, resulting in rapid changes in the energy sector. According to the Electricity and Renewable Energy Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), oil, coal, natural gas, hydropower and non-commercial biomass … [Read more...] about Challenges facing Viet Nam in ensuring energy security

Vietnam’s main legislative body, the National Assembly, has passed a law on cybersecurity that would require digital businesses like Facebook and Google to store the data of Vietnamese users in Vietnam. 423 members of parliament, accounting for 86 percent of those present, voted in favor of the law. 15 MPs voted against it and 28 abstained. The new cybersecurity law bans internet users from organizing, encouraging or training other people for anti-state purposes. They are not allowed to distort history, negate the nation’s revolutionary achievements, undermine national solidarity, offend religions and discriminate on the basis of gender and race. The law also prohibits the spreading of incorrect information which causes confusion among people, damages socio-economic activities, creates difficulties for authorities and those performing their duty, violates the legal rights and benefits of other organizations and individuals. Businesses will have to provide users’ data … [Read more...] about Vietnam says cybersecurity law needed to ensure national security